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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the electronic transmission of a federal postcard |
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application to vote by certain military personnel serving overseas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 101.004(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Section 101.0041, a [A] federal |
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postcard application must be submitted by mailing it to the early |
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voting clerk for the election who serves the election precinct of |
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the applicant's residence. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 101, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 101.0041 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 101.0041. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION. (a) |
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Instead of mailing the application as required by Section |
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101.004(a), an applicant may submit an electronic image of a |
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federal postcard application to the early voting clerk if the |
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applicant: |
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(1) is a member of the armed forces of the United |
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States who is on active duty overseas or the spouse or a dependent |
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of the member; and |
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(2) is submitting the application from an area: |
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(A) in which members of the armed forces are |
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eligible to receive hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay; or |
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(B) that has been designated by the president of |
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the United States as a combat zone. |
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(b) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures as |
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necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |